Monday, May 16, 2005
Institutions and prophets
An institution is about the status quo; a prophet isn’t.
An institution can be immensely successful, long-lived, and have much good to its credit—even beauty. It might even be a pearl, but a prophet is always a grain of sand. The oyster needs the irritant in order to form a pearl, but once a pearl is formed, can it want any more sand?
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Cool metaphor!
Keeping to the nautical theme: I think that's why subsequent prophets often find themselves being invited to take a long walk off a short pier.;-)
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